Overall Green Earthquake alert in Taiwan Region from 10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC to 19:24

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M 5.7 in Taiwan Region from 10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC to 19:24

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	17.901 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.9334 , 122.2898
Event Date:	10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC 11 Oct 2022 03:24 Local
Exposed Population:	730 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us6000isjn
Inserted at:	10 Oct 2022 19:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000isjn	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1466972	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.7M, 17.901km	4	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	NEIC
1468214	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.5M, 19.882km	3.93	710 thousand (in 100km)	6d 21:11	NEIC
1468220	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.5M, 15km	3.83	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	6d 21:55	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	440000 people
75 km	200000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	71 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	69 km
Yonaguni	OGN	21	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	68 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	86 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	79 km

More information

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